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English
Etymology
From anterior + -ly.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or‧ly
Adverb
anteriorly (comparative more anteriorly, superlative most anteriorly)
- before (in time)
- in front (in position)
- towards the anterior
1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30:Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.
2011, N. Ikeya, K. Ishizaki, T. Hanai, Evolutionary Biology of Ostracoda, page 1045:In both cases the histial dolon is united anteriorly with the velar dolon and both genera are also similar in being unisulcate .
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